41.   A former Portuguese colony, Mozambique becomes the first Commonwealth state that has never been associated with Britain as a colony, protectorate or trust territory.

42.   A November peace pact ended the fighting in the former Portuguese colony.

43.   A number of the newly trained fighters were to land next Friday in Dili, capital of the former Portuguese colony, the paper said.

44.   A major bust in Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony emerging from three decades of civil war, illustrates how difficult fighting drugs can be in Africa.

45.   A senior Chinese official ended a visit to the Portuguese colony of Macao on Friday with a display of friendliness that neighboring Hong Kong can only dream of.

46.   A senior U.S. official held talks Thursday with the governor of the former Portuguese colony of East Timor on alleged human rights abuses by the Indonesian military.

47.   A three-month truce ended Sunday in the former Portuguese colony when rebels clashed with government troops near the presidential palace in Bissau.

48.   A school teacher was killed and another seriously injured when two rebels attacked a school in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, an official said Friday.

49.   A soldier went before a military tribunal Saturday on charges of killing six unarmed East Timorese civilians in the former Portuguese colony early this year.

50.   A seven-member team of U.N. officials visited East Timor on Wednesday to prepare for a vote on autonomy in the former Portuguese colony.